McDonald's Worker Surrenders in Videotaped Beating of Young Mom

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Latia Harris turned herself into police for a beating that was caught on multiple cell phone cameras.

The South Jersey McDonald's worker wanted in the brutal beating of a young mother in front of her toddler and a group of bystanders turned herself in to police Monday night and is in jail.

Latia Harris surrendered to Salem City Police without incident around 7 p.m. after an extensive search, officials say.

McDonald’s Worker Expected to Surrender

Latia Harris, a South Jersey woman who police say attacked a mother in a field in Salem County is expected to turn herself. Harris has been eluding capture for six days. (Published Monday, June 30, 2014)

She is being charged with aggravated assault and two counts of making terroristic threats and was lodged in the Salem County Correctional Facility in default of $35,000 full bail.

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A video of a mother beaing beaten by another woman was taken by bystanders. The victim talks to NBC10's Cydney Long at what may have provoked the attack and her concern over why it took so long for someone to call 911 for her. (Published Thursday, June 26, 2014)

Harris, 25, had been hiding from authorities since cell phone video surfaced of an attack near a McDonald's in Salem City last Tuesday where both Harris and the victim, 27-year-old Catherine Ferreira, worked.

The beating was videotaped by many of the onlookers, who did nothing to help Ferreira or stop the attack. The only person to try to help the victim was her 2-year-old son, who could be seen in the video yelling and kicking his mother's attacker.

The nearly minute-long video was posted online. It showed a woman, who police identified as Harris, punching, kicking and spitting on Ferreira, who admits talking about her attacker's love life, a move that she says provoked the beating.

"I'm trying to tell her, I don't want to fight you," said Ferreira.

But the attack continued, ending when the suspect threatened to kick the toddler before making one last threat to the victim.

"It's not over... you almost made me lose my job," Harris allegedly yelled at Ferreira before spitting on her and walking back to work.